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Re: Everquest Online

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From: Angelo Masci
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:38
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me wrote:
> Are there any EQ'ers using Demon dialup services to the access the European
> Servers.
> If so are you having access problems ?
> I seem to having a random disconnects or failure to connect every other
> couple of days. Packet traces suggest Demon have stopped routing the UDP
> packs or are blocking the UDP ports numbers. When the problem occurs it is
> persistent and usually not fixed until the next day.
> Using the same PC setup changing my firewall  to a dial a different ISP
> removes the problem- but is expensive due to online charges.
> I have had zero resposne from the tech support desk.
> Anyone else having similar problems ?
> Regards
> Mage Flameweaver
> 
> 
> 

Am seeing the same problems.
This happens more often than i would like with demon.
Last time it was in october-november and last well over a
month. They only started reporting the problem a few
weeks after it started happening and called it
'packet loss'
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From: Angelo Masci <amasci@styx-dot-demon-dot-co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Everquest Online
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:38:10 +0000
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